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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 54b782fab4fd..2784f6ab309f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2817,7 +2817,11 @@ sub process {
if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:bool|tristate|prompt)\s*["']/) {
$is_start = 1;
- } elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
+ } elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:help|---help---)\s*$/) {
+ if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ "---help---") {
+ WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
+ "prefer 'help' over '---help---' for new help texts\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
$length = -1;
}